Aleister Crowley and his adopted pseudonym “Oliver Haddo” mentioned in a concert review

Aleister Crowley and his adopted pseudonym “Oliver Haddo” [see, also], which came from the character in W Somerset Maugham’s The Magician, mentioned in a concert review at “Review: Ghost at Marquis Theater, 1/27/12“. The band Blood Ceremony finished their set with the track “Oliver Haddo”.

“And what better way to end a set by a band that writes the perfect rock music to capture a ’70s horror movie aesthetic than with a reference to an Aleister Crowley pseudonym?”

Consider also:

  1. Serpent Speech
  2. Aleister Crowley gets an oblique name check in an advice column about pubic hair.
  3. Aleister Crowley gets a mention and another imagined relative in this book review
  4. “Burn Thou strange herbs, O God! Brew me a magic liquor, boys, with your glances! The very soul is drunken. Thou art drunken, O my God, upon my kisses. The Universe reels; Thou hast looked upon it. Twice, and all is done. Come, O my God, and let us embrace! Lazily, hungrily, ardently, patiently; so will I work. There shall be an End.”
  5. A rotating selection of essays and poetry by Soror Meral (Phyllis Seckler) is now available online curated by College of Thelema of Northern California